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... br> After this we called in at Vimy Ridge, the Canadian War Memorial to the 11,285 Canadian Soldiers that lost their lives in the First World War. The actual monument is built from a form of Limestone and took 11 years to construct. It is magnificent and a fitting memorial to all those brave men.

After this we made our way to Arras and our hotel for the night which was a Formule 1 Hotel. It was located about 2 miles south-east of ...

... pontificated.....hopped on bike and lit up 175 hp to get to the last site I could remember taking pictures....it was a quick trip to say the least and there it was sitting on the ledge I put it on...friggggggg. Hmm a thing of note....not a lot of people are at these sites.....the theme is.....fellow bikers....thats it....no kidding. Soloists like me (Lone Wolves) and groups of two to three....all in bike gear.....no bus loads of tourists....no noise. ...

We joined hundreds of people from around the world to witness the ceremony that has occurred every evening at 8 p.m. since 1927, interrupted only by the WW II German occupation. The multilingual buzz in the crowd hushed, and even the small children on their fathers' shoulders fell silent. An honor guard bugled "The Last Post," a bagpiper skirled ...

... the buildings, old mixed with new, squatter parks, huge abandoned hospitals and railway stations. I think it takes a few days to truly get the essence of Berlin. The first day I was there I did the usual walking tour which shows you all the main tourist sites like the Brandenburg Gate, the Jewish Memorial site, churches, and the site of Hitler's bunker which is now covered with a parking log because they do not want people coming to memorialize him, there is only a tiny sign telling ...

... UI', Meiryo, 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'Khmer UI', 'Nirmala UI', Tunga, 'Lao UI', Ebrima, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; ">Monday morning we awoke for the special day, which was Tom’s birthday. Tom had been looking forward to his first summer birthday since he was about 10 years old, however the predicted maximum in Ghent was 14, and in Perth it had been 20 degrees ...